Michael Gorey

I came across a link to the YEN Young Woman of the Year Awards.
Being Sunday, I took the time to visit and read the profiles for nominees in the categories for business and community vision.
None inspired me particularly, except Carolyn Creswell, who won my vote.
At age 18, Carolyn Creswell was, like many university students, working [...]

Perth woman Angela Nathan will launch a new website MeetAMiningMan.com.au on May 30.
The aim is to “increase the likelihood of successful, happy relationships in WA within the current resources boom”.
The website will “provide a link between single men working on a fly in, fly out (FIFO) roster and single local women who are aware and [...]

I’ve been caught out several times in the past year with businesses and organisations taking automatic payments from my credit card for subscription services.
It always makes me feel a mixture of silly and peeved.
Silly that I didn’t read the fine print when I signed up for the service and peeved that I didn’t knowingly authorise [...]

According to BBC News, the deputy mayor of Delhi has died after failing to defend himself from a horde of wild monkeys:
SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the first-floor terrace of his home on Saturday morning trying to fight off the monkeys. The city has long struggled to counter its [...]

I discovered an intriguing new technology gadget tonight thanks to the Google ads on my own site. It’s called GoPC and it’s a virtual operating system that provides a free service for accessing programs and data storage online.
It uses Suse Linux and provides a limited number of programs with the free service. These include Firefox, [...]

I’ve had a reseller account with Site 5 for over a year now. The price is good and the reliability is excellent, but security is of some concern.
On several occasions I’ve suffered hacker attacks and that’s never happened to me with other hosting providers. That’s not to say the others are safer, but maybe Site5 [...]

I don’t believe a state funeral is justified for media magnate Kerry Packer. Sure, he was a successful businessman who contributed much to Australian society.
However, a state funeral should be reserved for those who served in the public interest, instead of their own.
Despite the platitudes that Packer gave millions to charity, he almost certainly avoided [...]

I’ve been offline since Boxing Day apart from some email checks and one post while staying with my parents. Here’s an update:
1. We visited my parents at Moe. It’s awfully hot everywhere at the moment, and the Latrobe Valley was no exception. After a couple of nights, Juliet and I went to Melbourne for two [...]

I discovered an innovative anti-spam tool today while browsing SourceForge. It’s called Spamgourmet and at no cost it’s worth every second it takes to register. From the web site:
If you give your email address to everyone, you are bound to receive spam emails, and you won’t know where they came from. Wouldn’t it be convenient [...]

A new web browser called Flock has been released for public testing. It’s based on Mozilla, but adds some interesting new features.
I downloaded the Linux source code, extracted the file to my home directory in Suse and the program started without trouble.
Flock resembles Firefox, more than Mozilla, with a snappy modern theme.
Bookmarks integrate with the [...]